Swertia usambarensis
curtioides
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Base of Namuli Peak
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Base of Namuli Peak
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| Synonyms: |
Swertia curtioides Gilg |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual herb, up to 30 cm tall, with 4-ridged stems, branching from near the base. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 4-30 mm long, decreasing in size towards the base, folded lengthwise, spreading, subpetiolate near the base, sessile in the upper leaves. Flowers in terminal corymbose heads, 5-merous, whitish or creamy-white, sometimes with purple veins. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, 4-5 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | usambarensis: of the Usambara Mts in Tanzania; curtioides: resembling Curtia, another genus in Gentianaceae. |
| Habitat: | Among grasses on seepage rock. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1775 - 2300 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. |
| FZ divisions: | Z |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 4 September 2016 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 98 - 99. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 176. Paiva, J. & Nogueira, I. (1990). Gentianaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Page 30. As Swertia curtioides Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 106. |
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